The World mapped as you've never seen it before! Visually proportional according to the category you choose e.g. religion or language.
Interactive History Timeline
This new interactive history timeline allows students and teachers to explore collection items from the British Library chronologically. 800 years of diverse historical texts are displayed through a fun and engaging timeline interface, making Timelines a fantastic resource for students and teachers of history. Highlights of the timeline include:
Manuscripts by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Mozart, Beethoven, Wordsworth, Florence Nightingale and Dickens
Original records from the Black Death and the Great Fire to the French Revolution and the abolition of the slave trade
The first printed book of the western world, the first cookery manuscript, the first English bible and the first postage stamp
Posters, advertisements and illustrations documenting everything from public executions and magic shows to plague cures and séances
Text Box: British Cartoon Archivehttp://www.cartoons.ac.ukBritish Library: Collection researchhttp://www.bl.uk/reshelp/index.htmlBritish Museum Research Collectionhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/research.aspxCorbis Images: a great database for finding photographic and illustrative sourceshttp://www.corbisimages.com/Imperial War Museum: Collections & Researchhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/collections-researchInternet History Sourcebooks Project: a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented for educational use.Modern http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.aspAncient http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbook.aspGeneral http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/sbook.aspMary Evans Picture Library: fantastic database for photographic, illustration, magazine sources from 19c to modern day.http://www.maryevans.com/Migration Historieshttp://www.movingpeoplechangingplaces.org/migration-histories.htmlMuseum of London: Collections & Researchhttp://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/National Archives Education Onlinehttp://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/index/default1750.htmNewspaper Archive (British)http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukOld Bailey Online Archive: The Proceedings of London's Central Criminal Court 1674-1913. Searchable database.http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/The Women’s Libraryhttp://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
Holt Rinehart & Winston Researcher
http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html
The World mapped as you've never seen it before! Visually proportional according to the category you choose e.g. religion or language.
Interactive History Timeline
This new interactive history timeline allows students and teachers to explore collection items from the British Library chronologically. 800 years of diverse historical texts are displayed through a fun and engaging timeline interface, making Timelines a fantastic resource for students and teachers of history.
Highlights of the timeline include: